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The trial at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court heard from four witnesses on Thursday morning regarding the sending of a notice of intended prosecution, which is said to have arrived a day outside the statutory 14-day window.

Mr Freeman is fighting the charge on the basis that the notice, sent on February 2, arrived at Bentley Motors on February 7, a day outside the statutory window and was therefore "defective".

In his submission he told the court: "If the Crown can't prove that the letter was sent by first class post then the concept that it arrives in two working days goes out of the window.

"It would be unsafe to allow these proceedings to go any further."

A not guilty plea to a charge of exceeding a 40mph speed limit in contravention of a local traffic order was entered on August 17.